April's Fallen Tears

Black and Blue

Black and Blue

Black and blue
colors everyone wishes they never knew
Yet there are a sad few
Who will only see black and blue

A precious bundle of unmade plans
So beautiful and light
Yet that light began to become a little less bright

Black and blue
The only colors some children ever knew
Not pink and yellow of laughter from tickles
Or gold and brown from late night hot chocolate and snuggles

Little girl terrified
She'd leave her room if only bruises would heal
A home is no place to hide
Only shall they see

Black from a punch to the face
From sleeping in two seconds too late
Blue from bruises along a young girls neck
From why?
Just to make the child cry

Soft pink lips made to sing soft lullabies

Spew out harsh, loud, and destructive words
The same words sink deep
Like barbed wires into a child's mind
Snagging on thoughts none should ever think

For a child listens
And believes
What their parents speak

She told you she was down, you let it slip by
So from then on she kept it on the inside
She told herself she was alright
But she was telling white lies

Black and Blue
A child should feel safe
In the homes where they lay
Not barely hanging on to life
Throughout the harsh night
By hugging their pillows tightly

They fight their own brain
Yet still deal with the never ending pain
White and Innocent

Children wearing long sleeves
All year long
Like a soldier with battle wounds
Bleeding from every cut their body consumes
Believing no one cares
To save them from their self-hate

She'll make it out, but she's never the same
She's looking down, at the scars that remain
She's looking out, from the war that's inside
She's screaming out

They try to fight
Claiming it is not right
Others say to talk
But it never leads to anything
They never fix the real problem
Claiming it is only me

She hurts, she breaks, she hides and tries to pray
She wonders why does anyone ever hear her when she cries
So now you see
Deep inside we are bleeding

Once dancing among stars
Now treading on eggshells
Trying to get rid of the monsters inside our heads
And put all our faults to bed

Black and blue
The only colors we thought true
Yet now red decides to join these painful hues

Liquid rubies begin to cascade down
Cover the black and blueberry bruises
Salt and pain refuse to leave this final game
Reminding ourselves we were just born at the wrong time and wrong place
We will be leaving soon just stare at the moon

So lay your hands on the left behind
We all know how it feels to be forgotten for a while.
In a crowded place trying not to feel alone,
Just remember that we've all been broken once
You don't gain a single thing from misery

Take it from me

Dried eyes tonight, there's nothing more that she could do
And they cry tonight, a daughter that they hardly knew
And she's lost in time

It was the people who were supposed to love us no matter what
That made us feel worthless
It was the people who said they could help
That said it was just us
The people that are blind to our cries
It was the people who could have been allies
That turned the blind eye
It was the world in the end
That lost another person who only got to see
Black and blue
Our chosen few
How we want to be heard to be rescued
Fighting a fight alone in black and blue  

By Abigail Kerns